The facility in the Ballard neighborhood served as a drive-up grocery pick-up service for Amazon Prime members as well as a drop-off spot for package returns. CEO Andy Jassy said in a memo to employees in January that Amazon Stores (the company’s retail arm) would be among the impacted divisions.Īt the end of January, Amazon closed one of two Fresh Pickup locations in Seattle. The company laid off 18,000 corporate and tech employees at the end of 2022 and into 2023 - the largest cuts in its 28-year history. Earlier Friday, Amazon confirmed that it is pausing construction on its HQ2 project in the Washington, D.C., area. In the time since, Amazon has been hit by the same economic uncertainty as a number of large tech companies. The company said at the time that it planned to focus more on its Amazon Fresh, Whole Foods Market and Amazon Go grocery and convenience stores. The move to tighten its physical retail belt comes exactly a year after Amazon announced it was closing 68 brick-and-mortar stores, including all of its Amazon 4-star, Books, and Pop Up stores. Inside the first Amazon Go store in Seattle. A location south of Seattle in Puyallup, Wash., recently opened. The company said it will continue to open new stores. “We remain committed to the Amazon Go format, operate more than 20 Amazon Go stores across the U.S., and will continue to learn which locations and features resonate most with customers as we keep evolving our Amazon Go stores,” the spokesperson said. The affected stores will continue to operate until April 1. Two stores in New York City and four in San Francisco will also close.
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